Its story

HIP 16961 has a visual magnitude of about 7.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16961: right ascension 3h 38m 11s, declination +19° 21′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16961. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16961, HD 22538, Gaia DR3 57178800829694976. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.